Improvement in bottle-stopper locks



UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR H. WARNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

J iMPROVEMENT'IN BOTTLE-STOPPER LOCKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,256, dated May 13,1879; application filed September 10, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it kn own that I, ARTHUR H. WARNER, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Bottle- Lock, tobe used uponjugs, bottles, or demijohns for the purpose of securing the cork, thelockto be opened only by those having its 7 key and I do hereby declarethe following to be a description of the same, and of the manner ofconstructing and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact termsas to enable any person skilled in the arts to which it appertains, orwith which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification.

The object of my invention is to lock the cork or stopper in a bottle,jug, or demijohn, and secure it there in suchmanuer that it cannot beremoved without a key to unlock the fastening and my invention consistsof a bottle-lock composed of the following parts, substantially, incombination: first, of a metal band to slip over the collar on the neckof the bottle; secondly, of a spring or a series of springs fitted insaid band to hug the neck of the bottle under the collar or shoulderusually made around the top of the neck; thirdly, of a crown. piece orpieces fitted to said band,

formed and arranged to reach over and em brace the top of the cork;fourthly, of a sliding metalband fitted snugly insideof the band firstabove mentioned; fifthly, of crown-pieces of the same form, and fittedinside of those above described, and connected to them by means ofsprings fitted with pins to match and work into holes made in theoutside crownbands, by which the inside band encircling the neck of thebottle and the inside crownband are fixed and held in a given positionin the outside bands or frame; sixthly, of a pair of springs or guidesfixed to the outside crownbands to embrace the neck of the bottle andhold the lock centrally over the cork seventhly, of a thumb-buttonfitted with a shank or pins to pass through the top of the outsidecrown-bands and fasten to the top of the inside crown-bands, by whichthe inside crownbands and neck-band are made to turn in the outside onesand open and close the springs that secure the lock on the neck of thebottle.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section through the lock; Fig.2, a transverse section; Fig. 3, an elevation, and Fig. 4c aninvertedView of the same.

Reference being had to the drawings, crepresents the outside metal bandthat encircles the neck of the bottle. In this instance a section is cutout of this band at o to admit the handle of the jug-0r bottle in casethere be one; but for bottles with no handles, or with handles that donot come to the top of the neck, this band is entire, and the same istrue of the inside band I).

The springs to hug the neck of the bottle under the shoulder or collarare shown by 0. They are fitted in a groove in the outside band abovethe top of the inside band, so that the crown-bands ff, which arefastened to the inside of the band 11, in turning, force the springsback from under the collar on the neck of the bottle and release thelock.

The outside crown-bands, which, in conjunction with the band a, reallyconstitute the frame of the lock, are shown by d cl.

The inside crown bands, by which the springs, which, in this instance,are the bolts of the lock, are operated, are shown by ff.

The springs or guide-pieces which hold the lock in a central positionaround the cork are shown by 6. They are fastened to the outsidecrown-pieces in the manner shown. I

The thumb-button is shown .by g, and the key which passes through it,and by which, in conjunction with the button, it is operated, is shownby h. The under side of this button is fitted with a pair of pins, J J,that pass through a circular opening in the top of the outsidecrown-piece and enter theinside crownpiece, by which the latter isturned by the button when unlocked.

The springs by which the inside crown-pieces are fixed to the outsideones are shown by They are united to the inside crown pieces or hands,and are provided with projections or pins V V, Fig. 5, to catch in arecess cut in thebottom of thethumb-button, through which the fork endof the key enters, by which the springs are pressed back and the lockturned one way or the other to lock or unlock it, as may be desired.

I claim as my invention Abottle-lock consisting, first, of a band fittedwith spring-catches to encircle and hug the neck of the bottle; second,of crown pieces or bands to embrace the cork; third, of an insidecircular and movable band and crown-pieces to release the spring-catchesfrom around the neck of the bottle, and fitted with springcatches tosecure it to the outside crown pieces or frame, and a key to detach thesprings, the whole to be in combination, substantially as described.

ARTHUR H. WARNER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. BROADNAX, AMOS BROADNAX.

